The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-08
CONDITION OF THE MARKETS
Only Moderate Trading in Wheat, but a
Very Strong Feeling Prevails.
Corn Shows Similar Features, with an Adj
vance in Prces-0ats Strong and Higher
Provisions Less Active but Unchanged.
MONEY, BONDS AND STOCKS.
a Decreased Volume of Business. bat PRICE
Are Firm and Higher.

a Decreased Volume of Business. bat Prices
Are Firm and Higher.
NEW YORK, April Mooney on call loaned
At 81 q 15 per cent, closing offered al g.
Prime mercantile paper. sat per cent.
Sterling exchange was quiet but steady and
The total sales OF stocks to-day were 412, SIS
shares, including the following: Canada South
ern, $3.50; Delaware. Lackawanna q Western,
l8 226 Delaware & Hudson, 1867; Erie. II $780,
Kansas & Texas. 194l0 Lake Shore, 10 920
louisville & Nashville. l4.16O; Northwestern,
$500; New Jersey Central. 310O; Ohio & Missis-
dppi, $780, Oregon & Transcontinental, TO- 24O;
Pacific Mail, 16 $780, Peoria, Decatur & Evans
vile 100; Reading, Sc 800; ST. Paul. DC. $50; ST.
Paul & Omaha, 1925; Texas Pacific. l3,41o;
Union Pacific, g. 800; Western Union, 1925;
Wabash Pacific, 1926.
The stock market, to-day, though exhibiting
sdecreased volume of business. was again strong,
with higher range of values throughout the
day. The heavy sales for realizations were
again continued, but the action of the Inter
state Commissioners in suspending for ninety
days the long and-short-haul clause among the
Southern roads was accepted by the street as
evidence of desire upon the part of the COM
missioners not to interfere with established pros
perity Published utterances of Mr.. Gould were
hlso made the basis for considerable buying.
Boston and London were free buyers of the spe
cialties. The coal stocks were again prominent,
but their relative Importance was much less than
yesterday Operations were again resumed in
St PAM. and the stock was conspcuousy strong.
Union Pacific IN the forenoon. and Pacific Mall
In the afternoon, were special features. The
important movements however. were almost en-
tirely in the specialties, and sharp advances
made in Evansville 81 Terre Haute,
st. Paul & Duluth, Colorado Coal,
and Wheeling g. Lake Erie. which
for the first time to-day was traded in. The
market was generally strong at the opening at
advances over last evenings closing prices, which
ranged up to + A few stocks were lower. how
aver, Pacific Mail being off !. The entire market
was strong in the early dealings, though ad-
vances were confined to fractions, except in a
few of the specialtiee. The market then became
quiet and receded somewhat before noon After
that time there renewed buying. especially
among the grangers and trunk-line stocks. with
st. Paul as the special feature the latter rising
per cent The market then steadied, but in
the last hour again yielded, and the close was
rather heavy, at fractional concessions from the
best prices reached. Sales, Az, $50 shares.
Railroad bonds were active with sales of
g. 297, 900. The special features were Atlantic &
Pacific incomes, in which the sales were $40.
000 Green Bay incomes, sales of $219. 900.
and New York CITY & Northern trust receipts,
with sales of $23S, 900. The general market was
comparatively quiet but remained firm through
ont, and closing prices almost invariably show.
ing advances.
Government bonds and state bonds wen quiet
and firm. Closing quotations were: